A Tale of Two Draft Picks
Pro football drafting is an inexact science. First round busts are commonplace, and late round surprises are not unusual. Consider Tom...
Gary Cavalli
May 4, 2020
Notes of Note: NFL Draft; TV Ratings Disparity; Dumb Ideas (continued); NIL Update
Due to COVID-19, no games are being played these days, but there have been a number of interesting developments in the sports world in...
Gary Cavalli
Apr 28, 2020
Don Kennedy: University President and Lap Counter Nonpareil
Stanford lost a true icon, former university president Donald Kennedy, to the coronavirus on Tuesday. Kennedy is recognized by many as...
Gary Cavalli
Apr 23, 2020
College Football is "Doubtful" for 2020; Too Much Walton; Green Goes Pro
It's becoming increasingly likely that there will be no college football season this fall. At least not the kind of season we’re used to...
Gary Cavalli
Apr 20, 2020
Leach, Gundy Lower the Bar; Big Stanford Basketball News
Ideally, coaches are leaders, teachers, tacticians and mentors. People who inspire us to work hard, play hard, set goals and reach new...
Gary Cavalli
Apr 13, 2020
The New Normal
Things I thought I’d never see… Hundreds of people lined up with their shopping carts, waiting to get into Costco. Half of them wearing...
Gary Cavalli
Apr 6, 2020
Uncertain Times
Has there ever been a time of such uncertainty in American sports? Never have so many sports been cancelled altogether, re-scheduled, or...
Gary Cavalli
Mar 30, 2020
Unseemly Signing$; 49er Fumbles; Viewing Tip; Good Govs
Hundreds of thousands of people are out of work. People are locked down inside their homes. Many are worrying where the next meal or...
Gary Cavalli
Mar 23, 2020
Life Goes On (Well, Sort Of); Mailbag: Readers Respond
With the sports world virtually closed down because of the coronavirus pandemic, there isn’t much to write about. It seems the real world...
Gary Cavalli
Mar 16, 2020
Sports World Reacts to Virus...Finally
The sports world was slow to react to the coronavirus—though at least no one called it a hoax—but that all changed yesterday when the NBA...
Gary Cavalli
Mar 12, 2020
